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About Digwad Village

Digwad is a mid sized village in Rehti tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,728, made up of 891 males and 837 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.76 hectares hectares.

Digwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Digwad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Rehti
Area (hectares) 769.76 hectares
Population 1,728
Male Population 891
Female Population 837
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Digwad compares

By the 2011 count Digwad is the 10th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 769.76 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Digwad

Digwad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Digwad as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Digwad from other places

Digwad lies about 66 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Banapura, about 25 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Digwad
Nearest town Nasrullāhganj 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Rehti 10 km
Nearest railway station Banapura 25 km
District headquarters Sehore 66 km

Villages closest to Digwad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rehti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Digwad

As per the Census of India 2011, Digwad village had a population of 1,728. That makes it the 10th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Digwad village has 891 males and 837 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Digwad has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Digwad covers 769.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Digwad falls under Rehti tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Digwad is Banapura, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Digwad.

Digwad is about 66 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Digwad is in Rehti tehsil of Sehore district. Nasrullāhganj is about 10 km away. Rehti is about 10 km away. Banapura is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahagaon Jadeed (1.7 km), Chandpura (2.1 km) and Patrani (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Digwad today is likely to be higher.

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